“Interagency” has become a favorite noun and adjective in the national security community (perhaps we’ll even hear it as a verb one day!). Over the years, the need for greater cross-department planning and operations has engendered many efforts to improve the way organizations work together. The proposedlegislation’s goals – to foster greater interagency cooperation and to provide extended professional education, training, and interagency assignment opportunities to national security professionals across the U.S. government – can only be applauded. The sponsors are serious legislators.

Rep. Geoff Davis has long been an advocate for national security human capital development and Rep. Ike Skelton took part in the debate that led to Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986, which established the joint military command and improved the ability of U.S. armed forces to conduct joint operations in the field. However, “Goldwater Nichols II,” this is not. The bill suffers from several problems that could serve to make it yet another unmet mandate. Read more…

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